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Käthe Kollwitz

German printmaker and sculptor.

Born July 8th, 1867 in Königsberg, Kaliningrad. [ref]

Died April 22nd, 1945 at 77 years old in Moritzburg. [ref]

Occupations
autobiographer, designer, draftsperson, drawer, graphic artist, illustrator, lithographer, painter, poster artist, printmaker, sculptor

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon